Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and sixteen other billionaires have recently signed on to The Giving Pledge, a philanthropic campaign that commits them to give at least half of their fortunes to charity.
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The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist recently criticized school pay structures, urging the 50 state superintendents of education to end teacher pay increases based on seniority and education level, and reward them based …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $50 million for new programs at the Smithsonian Institution.
Thirty million dollars of that will go towards programs aimed at underserved students in school districts across the U.S., The Associated Press reported.
The Youth Access Endowment will build on current programs that use websites, distance learning, online conferences and games…
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